The Summer Docs series features thoughtful and probing documentaries – the best on public radio – in the summer months.

Find more information about the shows in our 2009, and listen to the documentaries on-demand.

June 2: America Abroad: Exiting Iraq

June 9: Foreclosure City from American RadioWorks

June 16: Hard Times in Middletown from American RadioWorks

June 23: Five Farms: America’s Farm Families, part 1 from PRI

June 30: Five Farms: America’s Farm Families, part 2 from PRI

July 7: Five Farms: America’s Farm Families, part 3 from PRI

(July 14: Summer Docs will be pre-empted by special coverage of the Sotomayor Supreme Court Hearings)

July 21: Five Farms: America’s Farm Families, part 4 from PRI

July 28: Five Farms: America’s Farm Families, part 5 from PRI

August 4: India Rising from Stanley Foundation, KQED and KUT

August 11: A Better Life: Creating the American Dream from American RadioWorks

August 18: Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal from American RadioWorks

August 25: Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson from KUT